Confederate Half Dollar Public Deposited
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The popular name for a silver coin of the size of the regular issues of the United States Half Dollars, but which was struck by the Con- federate States of America in the New Orleans Mint in 1861.
It is claimed that but four originals are in existence.
- Frey's Dictionary (American Journal of Numismatics, Vol. 50, 1916)